Caltech came out strong as they took the doubles point by winning at the second and third slots in tight matches.

The drama for the Beavers happened in singles play as the visitors won three of the first four singles matches. Rebekah Kitto took her match for the Beavers at the top singles position but Occidental won at No. 2, No. 4 and No. 6 to take a 4-3 lead in the team match.

Jessica Yu won a nip-and-tuck three-set match at the fifth singles position to set-up a fantastic finish.

After spliting the first two sets at the No. 3 singles position Stephanie Kwan and Frances Hutton went toe-to-toe in the final frame. Kwan found herself trailing 5-4 and 6-5 but fought back to force a tiebreaker to decide the match. With the tiebreaker knotted at 2-2, Kwan nudged ahead and never let go of the momentum to claim the victory.